Ed Mangano, the Republican candidate for Nassau County Executive, who is also running on the "Tax Revolt" party line hates taxes so much, he doesn't think he has to pay them- $900,000 worth of them, in fact:
The Republican candidate for Nassau's county executive, who is also running on a Tax Revolt Party line, had more than $900,000 in federal and state tax liens against his family business in Bethpage in recent years.
Edward Mangano, a member of the County Legislature from Bethpage since 1995, said Wednesday he no longer has an interest in the company, New Media Printing, although federal tax liens filed as recently as this year were addressed to him.
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Either he's lying on his financial disclosure forms when he says that he owns something that he doesn't, or he's lying now," [Democratic Chairman Jay] Jacobs said. "And who lists themselves on a disclosure form owning something when they don't?"
Aside from the irony that his company is called "New Media Printing," this is yet another example of the culture of corruption that pervades the Nassau Republican Party and its standard-bearer, Ed Mangano. I'm confident Nassau voters are smart enough to remember the cronyism, corruption, and patronage under Republican rule that nearly drove Nassau to bankruptcy until Suozzi saved it starting in 2002.
And on that note, the Nassau Dems just came out with 2 web ads reminging everybody about the differences between Republican rhetoric on property taxes and, ya know, the truth:
Suozzi is right to remind everyone how corrupt Nassau Republicans continue to be, and I don't think Nassau voters' memories are short enough to forget that or the excellent job Suozzi has done in the past 8 years.
